Budget Measures Implementation Act Published

The Budget Measures Implementation Act - Act XII of 2023 - was published on 4 April 2023. The Act revises the following legislation: the Customs Ordinance the Income Tax Act the Social Security Act the Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act the Income Tax Management Act ...

Filing Deadlines this month

A reminder that Manual Corporate Income Tax returns and all tax payments for FY ending 31 January 2022 - 30th June 2022 must reach the Office of the Commissioner for Revenue by 31st March 2022 (visit cfr.gov.mt)  ...

Tax exemption thresholds for pensions revised

The Pensions (Tax Exemption) Rules have been updated by LN 48 of 2023. The revised rules, which enter into effect from 1 January 2023, update the exemption thresholds for pensions income derived by an individual on or after 1 January 2022....

Corporate Tax Return E-filing dates

The extended deadlines for the e-filing of corporate tax returns have been published by the Office of the CfR - view here.    ...

DAC 6 Annual Notification

The Office of the CfR has announced that the Annual Notification due by 31st March 2023 is available for download - view here.​ Notifications shall be made by sending a signed copy of the completed document together with the Excel file to mdr.mfin@gov.mt...

DAC 6 – Guideline on the waiver of reporting obligation

Further to the decision of the CJEU in case C-694/20 (See MIT News 9 December 2022) the Commissioner for Revenue has issued a guideline on the consequences of the judgement - view here.    In addition V1.2 of the DAC6 guidelines has been issued with updates to Section...

Guidance on Article 56(17)

The Office of the CfR has issued guidance on the calculation of the 30-day period for the purposes of article 56(17) of the Income Tax Act. The CfR Notice clarifies that presence in Malta on vacation leave or sick leave is to be disregarded. Furthermore, presence in...

Group Deductions (Income Tax) Rules revised

LN 40 of 2023 has revised the provisos to Rule 3 of the Group Deductions Rules (SL 123.205), which now read: "Provided that the total allowable deductions that may be claimed shall not exceed one million euro(€1,000,000) per group of companies and the total amounts surrendered in...